Game-based incentives for location-based actions
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a first message identifying a user;
accessing, using a processor of a machine, a game account of the user to identify one or more computer-implemented games associated with the user;
determining a physical location and accessing a location account of the physical location to identify one or more attributes associated with the physical location;
determining a location-based action, that is an action the user can perform at the physical locations and wherein the determining of the location-based action for the user is based at least in part on one or more of the attributes associated with the physical location; and
transmitting a second message, wherein the second message comprises a description of the location-based action to be performed at the physical location, a description of an incentive reward, and an offer of the incentive reward for performing the location-based action at the physical location, wherein the incentive reward is an in-game asset corresponding to one or more of the identified games.
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for providing game-based incentives to users of online games as a reward for performing actions at physical locations.
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a first message identifying a user;
accessing, using a processor of a machine, a game account of the user to identify one or more computer-implemented games associated with the user;
determining a physical location and accessing a location account of the physical location to identify one or more attributes associated with the physical location;
determining a location-based action, that is an action the user can perform at the physical locations and wherein the determining of the location-based action for the user is based at least in part on one or more of the attributes associated with the physical location; and
transmitting a second message, wherein the second message comprises a description of the location-based action to be performed at the physical location, a description of an incentive reward, and an offer of the incentive reward for performing the location-based action at the physical location, wherein the incentive reward is an in-game asset corresponding to one or more of the identified games. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
- receiving a first message identifying a user;
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